Some countries have less than 2% vaccination coverage, most of them in Africa, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Booster rollouts have already begun across the United States, where nearly 54% of the population is fully vaccinated. More than 1.8 million boosters have already been administered in the U.S., the […]

UTA is expanding to Atlanta, billing its full-service presence in the burgeoning entertainment and sports market as a first for any major Hollywood agency. Klutch Sports Group, as part of the move, will continue to have its NFL representation business based in Atlanta, and enlarge its operations there. UTA bought […]

The major U.S. averages ended mixed on Tuesday after a somewhat cautious session with investors weighing the likely impact of surging coronavirus of the Delta variant on the pace of economic recovery. The Nasdaq closed at a fresh record high, while the Dow and the S&P 500 drifted lower. Expectations […]

The housing boom that began last year and has accelerated this year continues to be extraordinarily strong, based on data as recent as July. Several things have fueled the surge in prices. One is low mortgage rates that have made homes more affordable. Upper-class and middle-class buyers have incomes that […]

Germany has begun what it has called a vaccination "action week" as it seeks to reverse a slowdown in its Covid-19 immunization drive. Around 62% of the German population is now fully vaccinated, lagging its European neighbors. Germany has begun what it has called a vaccination "action week" as the […]

The euro area recovered at a faster-than-estimated pace in the second quarter from the Covid-driven downturn, revised data from Eurostat showed on Tuesday. Gross domestic product grew 2.2 percent sequentially in the second quarter, bigger than the initial estimate of 2.0 percent. The growth reversed the 0.3 percent fall in […]

One of the unintended consequences of the WGA’s historic campaign to reshape the talent agency business has been the inability of many writers to find representation after more than 7,000 guild members, in a show of solidarity, fired their agents en masse during the early days of the nearly two-year […]

SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee of the advertising industry have agreed, for the first time, to allow commercial producers to mandate Covid vaccinations on commercial shoots and auditions. The new guidelines are an addendum to the their existing Covid safety protocols and are similar to those already in place […]

Taco Bell is testing a 30-day pass for a free taco a day in Tucson, Arizona restaurants. Customers can redeem their Taco Lover's Pass until Nov. 24 at participating locations. Burger King and Panera Bread have created similar programs in the past for coffee to drive more frequent visits. In […]

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